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| <option weight="1">{{Pictorial-Islam|1=Accidents and Natural Disasters in the Muslim World|2=[[File:Pakistan-earthquake-4.jpg|190px|link=Accidents and Natural Disasters in the Muslim World]]|3=Many Muslims often gloat and celebrate when an accident or natural disaster befalls the Western and/or non-Muslim world, believing that it is the actions of a vengeful Allah. As Allah's people, Muslims believe they will always be protected by Allah against such calamities. The Qur'an even states that earthquakes are for non-Muslims and occur as the wrath of an angry God. However accidents and natural disasters happen very often in Muslim countries and Allah seems to turn a blind eye when disaster strikes, even when they occur during the Hajj in Mecca, where Islam's holiest site, the Ka'aba, is located. ([[Accidents and Natural Disasters in the Muslim World|''read more'']])}}</option> | | <option weight="1">{{Pictorial-Islam|1=Accidents and Natural Disasters in the Muslim World|2=[[File:400px-24 - Destroyed mosque.jpg|180px|link=Accidents and Natural Disasters in the Muslim World]]|3=Many Muslims often gloat and celebrate when an accident or natural disaster befalls the Western and/or non-Muslim world, believing that it is the actions of a vengeful Allah. As Allah's people, Muslims believe they will always be protected by Allah against such calamities. The Qur'an even states that earthquakes are for non-Muslims and occur as the wrath of an angry God. However accidents and natural disasters happen very often in Muslim countries and Allah seems to turn a blind eye when disaster strikes, even when they occur during the Hajj in Mecca, where Islam's holiest site, the Ka'aba, is located. ([[Accidents and Natural Disasters in the Muslim World|''read more'']])}}</option> |
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Revision as of 20:08, 5 January 2014
Also see: Template:Pictorial-Islam
Muhammad and History's 100 Most Influential People
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In 1978 Jewish American astrophysicist Michael H. Hart (born April 28, 1932) released a book titled "The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History". This book, which has sold over 500,000 copies to date, has been somewhat controversial, not least due to its placing of Muhammad (the founder of Islam) over Jesus Christ (the founder of Christianity). This has led to the list being used for the purpose of Islamic propaganda. Its choice of Muhammad as the most influential person in history has been, and still is being, celebrated on numerous Islamic websites and blogs, used in various videos on user-contributed media sites, and has been cited during the course of countless forum discussions. Hopefully any Muslim that reads this article will ponder the following; what exactly do they (as followers of Islam) consider so great about a Jewish American racist “Islamophobe's” opinion that an individual who he refers to as a “conqueror” ranked alongside Adolf Hitler is temporarily the most influential (not 'greatest') person in human history? (read more)
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